Making Independent Decisions Together : Rational Emotions in Legal Adjudication
Bergman Blix, Stina LU
(2022)
In Symbolic interaction
45(1).
p.50-71
- Abstract
- This article analyzes rational decision-making in court as an emotivecognitiveprocess formed in and through social interaction. Currenttheoretical perspectives have shown how emotion and thought areintertwined in the workings of the human brain but have seldom elaboratedon the contextual and structural features of rational-emotionaldecision-making. I propose a model that maps emotional processesand emotional management demands to the temporally extended,stepwise process of rational-legal decision-making. I show that (a) thebounded structure of the decision-making process actualizes differentemotive-cognitive complexes at different stages and (b) the demand forobjectivity in rational decision-making calls for parallel emotional processesand... (More)
- This article analyzes rational decision-making in court as an emotivecognitiveprocess formed in and through social interaction. Currenttheoretical perspectives have shown how emotion and thought areintertwined in the workings of the human brain but have seldom elaboratedon the contextual and structural features of rational-emotionaldecision-making. I propose a model that maps emotional processesand emotional management demands to the temporally extended,stepwise process of rational-legal decision-making. I show that (a) thebounded structure of the decision-making process actualizes differentemotive-cognitive complexes at different stages and (b) the demand forobjectivity in rational decision-making calls for parallel emotional processesand subject positions to remain independent while sustainingsocial cohesion. (Less)
- Abstract (Swedish)
- This article analyzes rational decision-making in court as an emotivecognitive
process formed in and through social interaction. Current
theoretical perspectives have shown how emotion and thought are
intertwined in the workings of the human brain but have seldom elaborated
on the contextual and structural features of rational-emotional
decision-making. I propose a model that maps emotional processes
and emotional management demands to the temporally extended,
stepwise process of rational-legal decision-making. I show that (a) the
bounded structure of the decision-making process actualizes different
emotive-cognitive complexes at different stages and (b) the demand for
objectivity in rational... (More) - This article analyzes rational decision-making in court as an emotivecognitive
process formed in and through social interaction. Current
theoretical perspectives have shown how emotion and thought are
intertwined in the workings of the human brain but have seldom elaborated
on the contextual and structural features of rational-emotional
decision-making. I propose a model that maps emotional processes
and emotional management demands to the temporally extended,
stepwise process of rational-legal decision-making. I show that (a) the
bounded structure of the decision-making process actualizes different
emotive-cognitive complexes at different stages and (b) the demand for
objectivity in rational decision-making calls for parallel emotional processes
and subject positions to remain independent while sustaining
social cohesion. (Less)
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- author
- Bergman Blix, Stina
LU
- publishing date
- 2022
- type
- Contribution to journal
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- emotions, interaction ritual chains, legal decision-making, objectivity, rationality, Sociology (excluding Social Work, Social Psychology and Social Anthropology), Sociologi (exklusive socialt arbete, socialpsykologi och socialantropologi), emotions, interaction ritual chains, legal decision-making, objectivity, rationality
- in
- Symbolic interaction
- volume
- 45
- issue
- 1
- pages
- 22 pages
- publisher
- Wiley-Blackwell
- external identifiers
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- scopus:85103401328
- ISSN
- 0195-6086
- DOI
- 10.1002/SYMB.549
- language
- English
- LU publication?
- no
- additional info
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